*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-12-29. Missed the previous one? See issue #711 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- Open request for adminship: Ppolar bear https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ppolar_bear - RfP scheduled to end after 3 January 2026 13:40 (UTC) - QubeCubeBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/QubeCubeBot - Task/s: Continue import of Swedish Parliament https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272930 documents inline with the modeling work in Wikidata:WikiProject Sweden/Swedish Riksdag documents https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents . - AinaliBot 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AinaliBot_3 - Task/s: Continue import of Swedish Parliament https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272930 documents inline with the modeling work in Wikidata:WikiProject Sweden/Swedish Riksdag documents https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents .
*Events*
- This month's Scholia hackathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/2025_12 has moved Scholia closer to its planned switch to a QLever backend. Beta testers can assist by exploring the interim QLever-backed Scholia instance https://qlever.scholia.wiki/ and reporting any issues https://github.com/WDscholia/scholia/issues. - Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - SWAT4HCLS 2026 https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/amsterdam-2026/call-for-papers/. Amsterdam, March 23-26, with a "Wikidata in healthcare and life sciences" session and Prof. Hannah Bast https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/amsterdam-2026/programme/keynotes/ as one of the keynotes
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Videos: - (Indonesian) Introduction to Wikifunctions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl27YhKEjV0 presented by NikolasKHF https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NikolasKHF (Niko). In this session, Niko introduced Wikifunctions project, how to edit a function, how to add an implementation and test, and demonstrated them. This is the first Wikifunctions training in Indonesian. Slides are available on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Datatek)_WikiLatih_Wikifungsi_2025.pdf . - (Indonesian) Wikidata for Academician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emWKbM_-V08 presented by Wikimedia Indonesia's Data and Technology team. They introduced Wikimedia Indonesia, and then explained Wikidata, its underlying concepts and a glance to its history, how to add statements and references, how to query with Wikidata Query Services, Wikidata and its potential in research fields, Wikiprojects and Wikidata:For development resources. Slides are available on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Datatek)_WikiLatih_Wikidata_untuk_Wikimedian_dan_Akademisi_2025.pdf .
*Tool of the week*
- WD-NearbyItems https://github.com/altilunium/wd-nearbyitems : browse Wikidata Items nearby - Quizicle https://quizicledaily.com/ is a daily quiz/puzzle game that's not really a quiz and not really a puzzle. Deduce the answer from crossword-style clues with hot/cold feedback.
*Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review*
- Newest General datatypes: - random page URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14025 (link to random page or item on website) - specimen classifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14026 (person who assigned the identification to a specimen) - collection date https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14027 (date-time or interval during which a specimen or object was collected in the field) - land degradation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14028 (amount of land that is degraded by an object, mainly for infrastructure projects) - Hong Kong fire alarm level https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14029 (Hong Kong fire alarm levels classification system) - page offset https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14035 (difference between external page number printed on the work (P304) and the actual page in digital file (P7668)) - logical implication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14039 (axiom or conjecture that this axiom or conjecture implies) - Newest External identifiers: survivalhorrors.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14019, VGChartz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14020, Adventure Game Hotspot game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14021, BoomerShooterDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14022, Vandal game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14023, GoFundMe fundraising ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14024, Adult Film Database director ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14030, S1 No.1 Style actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14031, MetroidvaniaDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14032, EAGER game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14033, EAGER developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14034, Games.cz game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14036, 4gamer.net game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14037, GOG tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14038, Yaba Sanshiro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14040, Games for Change directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14041, DLSite work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14042, DLSite person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14043, DLSite doujin circle ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14044, Fight-A-Base game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14045, DeVuego game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14046 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: Erdős Problem number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Erd%C5%91s_Problem_number (Erdős Problem number) - New External identifier property proposals to review: PixelatedArcade genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PixelatedArcade_genre_ID , BRAHMS identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BRAHMS_identifier , LegiStorm person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LegiStorm_person_ID , Game Boy Database game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Boy_Database_game_ID , NHK Archives Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHK_Archives_Program_ID , Wendingen object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wendingen_object_ID , Wendingen person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wendingen_person_ID , RetroCollect games ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RetroCollect_games_ID , FIP.IT basketball player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIP.IT_basketball_player_ID , Lenta.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lenta.ru_person_ID , Polski Petersburg encyclopedia ID (Polish version). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polski_Petersburg_encyclopedia_ID_(Polish_version). , Télérama film ID. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9rama_film_ID. , Bercail ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bercail_ID, Panoramax picture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panoramax_picture_ID , InterSportStats athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/InterSportStats_athlete_ID , Before I Play game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Before_I_Play_game_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: turn (L3568) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3568 - English verb (tɜːrn) meaning "to rotate", "to change direction", or "to transform"
*Development*
- No development happened in the past week as the team are on holidays. Happy new year everyone!
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority .
*Weekly Tasks*
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Czech Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Czech_Republic - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next
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Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)
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